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South Whidbey port awarded its fairground, study cash

It appears the Port of South Whidbey will get its fair money after all.

A worker installs the new Rite Aid sign above the door of the late Linds Freeland Pharmacy.

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Rite Aid’s purchase of Freeland pharmacy now official

The deal is done. Linds Pharmacy in Freeland is now officially a Rite Aid. The national drug store…

George

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Nichols Brothers Boat Builders marks 50 years

Like it has done nearly 200 times before, Nichols Brothers Boat Builders will christen a newly completed vessel…

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School District struggles under weight of the Open Public Records Act

Asking the South Whidbey School District for public records comes with a new price tag these days —…

Birdie Holtby

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Sea Float Scramble draws huge crowd, hundreds turn out for annual Langley event

Hundreds of people turned out for the third annual Sea Float Scramble in Langley Saturday, and like all…

Freeland’s Nichols Brothers Boat Builders will spend the next year building the superstructure of the Chimacum

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Third ferry to net $26 million for Nichols Brothers

Construction on the state’s third 144-car ferry has begun, and the job is expected to keep Nichols Brothers…

Jessica and Kayla Cooks of Oak Harbor

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Polar bears start 2015 with Useless Bay plunge

Temperatures that dipped into the 20s and frost on the roads wasn’t enough to stop 178 people from…

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EDITOR’S COLUMN | The Record turns the spotlight on itself

A few weeks ago, a Record reporter suggested we take a different tack for a New Year’s resolution…

A mudslide in Old Clinton destroyed one beach cabin and heavily damaged another Sunday. No one was hurt but one of the structures is a total loss.

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Mudslide claims Old Clinton home, damages another

One beach cabin was destroyed and another damaged in a mudslide in Old Clinton this past weekend. The…

Freeland residents Fritz Roetman

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State to reopen Holmes Harbor for short shellfish season

Clammers will hit Holmes Harbor for the first time in nine years this spring, but their digging delight…

Clinton resident Craig Brooks poses for a picture in front of his house

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South Whidbey, county take stock of storm damages

Believed to be a record breaker in terms of property damage, the windstorm that blasted South Whidbey last…

Ken Goff has amassed several cords of split wood used by South Whidbey Community Church to give to people needing wood for heating their homes. The wood splitter was stolen this week.

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Holiday grinch steals South Whidbey church charity’s wood splitter

The theft of a pricey wood splitter from a church charity may spell some cold nights ahead for…

Kirk Highberger and Molly Brewer hop downed trees at Jon Gulledge and Roberta Gentry’s house on Saratoga Road. About 10 large trees fell over the property

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Wild Whidbey winds wreak havoc

The December wind storm of 2014 won’t be forgotten anytime soon, not on South Whidbey anyway.